Dec 20 2:39 PM

Vigil to honor slain North Carolina teen turns violent

Picture of Jesus Huerta (Press Handout/The Huerta Family)
The Stream (Al Jazeera)

Armed police in Durham, N.C. clashed Thursday night with a group of about 150 people holding a vigil for Jesus "Chuey" Huerta, a 17-year-old who died in custody last month. Local reports said that police arrived in riot gear, used gas to disperse the crowd, and made six arrests after firecrackers were lit and a bottle was thrown.

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